Piezoresponse and magnetic properties of multiferroic (1−x)Bi{sub 0.9}Dy{sub 0.1}FeO{sub 3}–xPbTiO{sub 3} solid solution

Journal Article · Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4927804· OSTI ID:22494745

Zhuang, Jian ^[1]; Wu, Hua ^[2]; Ren, Wei ^[1]; Ye, Zuo-Guang ^[3]

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1. Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education and International Center for Dielectric Research, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049 (China)
2. Department of Applied Physics, Donghua University, Ren Min Road 2999, Songjiang, 201620 Shanghai (China)
3. Department of Chemistry and 4D LABS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6 (Canada)

The multiferroic solid solution of (1−x)[0.9BiFeO{sub 3}–0.1DyFeO{sub 3}]–xPbTiO{sub 3} with compositions around the morphotropic phase boundary has been synthesized in the form of ceramics and characterized by Piezoresponse Force Microscope (PFM) and Superconducting Quantum Interference Device. Both the original local polar domain structure and the domain evolution after poling have been studied by PFM. The PFM phase imaging has revealed some interesting details of poling and domain switching process: The out-of-plane phase image shows a uniform direction of polarization along the applied electric field, while the in-plane phase image indicates two kinds of domains with antiparallel polarizations. This kind of poled domain structure is explained based on the orientations of the polarization as permitted by the rhombohedral crystal symmetry in grains of different crystallographic orientations. The magnetic properties measured within the temperature range from 1.8 K to 300 K reveal an interesting sequence of magnetic transitions from a weakly ferromagnetic order (WFM{sub 1}) to an antiferromagnetic state (AFM), and then to another weak ferromagnetic phase (WFM{sub 2}), upon cooling. A preliminary magnetic phase diagram is proposed for BDF-34PT.

• OSTI ID: 22494745
• Journal Information: Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 118, Issue 7; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ANTIFERROMAGNETISM
CERAMICS
COOLING
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
DOMAIN STRUCTURE
ELECTRIC FIELDS
IMAGES
MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
MICROSCOPES
PHASE DIAGRAMS
SOLID SOLUTIONS
SQUID DEVICES
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K
TRIGONAL LATTICES